Reader: Small Plates Are Overplayed, Like an Old Bee Gee's Record

This week Gretchen Kurtz reviewed the Village Cork, which has evolved a great deal from when it first opened on Old South Pearl fourteen years ago. Last summer Lisa Lapp closed her place in order to do a major renovation, one that expanded the kitchen and added a chef's counter, but kept the comfortable, casual charm of this neighborhood institution. But while she liked the physical improvements, she had some problems with the food — particularly the prices, which rose close to fine-dining levels for some entrees. Why not emphasize small plates with smaller prices, she wondered. But theFabulousMarkT has an answer to that:

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Have you been back to The Village Cork since its renovation? What did you think of the new menu? And what do you think of small plates in general?

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